age (18) annually 15,403 (1995
est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $198 million, 5.2% of
GDP (FY93/94)

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BOUVET ISLAND

(territory of Norway)

@Bouvet Island:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean,
south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

Map references: Antarctic Region

Area:
total area: 58 sq km
land area: 58 sq km
comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 29.6 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 4 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: antarctic

Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly
inaccessible

Natural resources: none

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100% (all ice)

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: NA

Note: covered by glacial ice

@Bouvet Island:People

Population: uninhabited

@Bouvet Island:Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Bouvet Island

Digraph: BV

Type: territory of Norway

Capital: none; administered from Oslo, Norway

Independence: none (territory of Norway)

@Bouvet Island:Economy

Overview: no economic activity

@Bouvet Island:Transportation

Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

@Bouvet Island:Communications

Telephone system: *** No data for this item ***

Note: automatic meteorological station

@Bouvet Island:Defense Forces

Note: defense is the responsibility of Norway

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BRAZIL

@Brazil:Geography

Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean

Map references: South America

Area:
total area: 8,511,965 sq km
land area: 8,456,510 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than the US
note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas,
Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao
Paulo

Land boundaries: total 14,691 km, Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400
km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay
1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela
2,200 km

Coastline: 7,491 km

Maritime c